A geographical study on transition to a low carbon city by smart shrink

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870086
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Geography; Human geography
• Research Institution: Ibaraki University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Koichi 茨城大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (20372716)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 低炭素化 / スマートシュリンク / 建築物ストック / 都市交通 / GIS

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the effect of merging of urban planning area to control of building stock as CO2 emission source in order to build a transition model to a low carbon city by smart shrinking in near future. Change of the volume of building stock is clarified with reference to a population in Osaka Prefecture where numerous urban planning areas were merged into four large areas in 2004. The result of the analysis shows the necessity of new wider urban planning policy for controlling the development in both a central part of city and its suburban area, since the volume of residential building has already been overstocked in suburban area where population turned to decrease. Moreover, effectivity of transport accessibility improvement on controlling of CO2 emission in Singapore where Smart Mobility 2030 plan was established in 2014.

Free Research Field

地理学